News: World's first Corvette Stingray convertible sells for $1 million

[Rob]

World's first Corvette Stingray convertible sells for $1 million

By David Undercoffler
April 5, 2013, 4:48 p.m.
Los Angeles Times

A pre-production Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible at Friday's Barrett-Jackson auction in Palm Beach, Fla.
Proceeds from the sale will go to the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. (Barrett-Jackson / April 5, 2013)

No stranger to auctioning off rare cars for charity, Barrett-Jackson on Friday afternoon sold the world’s first 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible for $1 million, including commission.

The car’s new owner is no stranger to charity auctions either.

NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick won the bidding at Barrett-Jackson’s Palm Beach, Fla., auction, which runs through Saturday. Hendrick paid $1.1 million at a January auction for the world’s first production Corvette C7 Stingray coupe.

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[jmhorn52]

I figured he woud buy it and that would be the price. He already had the coupe so he would need to have the convertible to be next to it

 

[catbert]

You think everyone who pays the $500 administrative fee on their Hendrick new car purchase knows they are contributing to the greatest Corvette collection in America?

 

[jmhorn52]

At least with Hendrick you know the money is spent on Corvettes what do these other dealers spend that admin fee on ,, maybe a new yacht or mansion, I dont know of a dealer that doesnt have this fee anymore

 

[catbert]

At least with Hendrick you know the money is spent on Corvettes what do these other dealers spend that admin fee on ,, maybe a new yacht or mansion, I dont know of a dealer that doesnt have this fee anymore

I prefer not to contribute to the fund at the tune of $500 a pop, which is what all the Hendrick dealers around here charge. The fee at Criswell, where I bought my 2012 GS was $200, and it was 0 where I bought my Volt. But to each their own.